![]() ![]() You absolutely can plug your flight sim hardware into the Xbox and use those if you so desire, which is great. But I think this version is most definitely aimed at the casual player rather than the dedicated simmer. Flight Simulator Xbox Edition is a hard sim, don’t get it twisted. I don’t think that’s the audience that Xbox is courting with this release, however. Flying without HOTASįor the die-hard, rusted on simmer, using a controller in any flight sim will be a suboptimal experience. From there, a jump to the Xbox was inevitable. That was, at least, until Flight Simulator X figured out how to do it. To get that running on a controller would be a huge ask. Purpose-built flight sim hardware could be plugged in for added realism, and the keyboard and mouse offered enough coverage for mapping all the gauges, switches, and dials. This complexity is why they’ve always found their home on the PC. Flight simulators are incredibly technical programs about manipulating incredibly technical hardware at a level of detail beyond the scope of regular video games. This is a franchise that predates both Microsoft Office and the Windows operating system and yet has never been available on a home console. To launch on a modern console is a first for Microsoft’s legendary series of flight sims. Microsoft Flight Simulator on Xbox was being requested by fans before the PC version had even launched last year. ![]()
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